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José Irurzun

Sondra Radvanovsky’s Manon Lescaut at the Deutsche Oper Sets the Bar High

18/11/201515/11/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Puccini: Manon Lescaut: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 14.11.2015. (JMI)

Manon
Deutsche Oper’s Manon Lescaut (c) Bettina Stöss

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A Marriage of Figaro in Berlin that Succeeds on all Fronts for Flimm and Dudamel

15/11/201514/11/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro: Staatsoper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Schiller Theater, Berlin, 13.11.2015 (JMI)

Nozze
Le Nozze di Figaro (c) Staatsoper Berlin

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Schwab’s Don Giovanni Reappears on the Berlin Stage, Marred by Some Fundamental Problems

15/11/201514/11/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Mozart: Don Giovanni: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Cohen (conductor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, 12.11.2015. (JMI)

Giovanni
Don Giovanni (c) Bettina Stöss

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Terry Gilliam’s Benvenuto Cellini Triumphs at the Liceu

15/11/201511/11/2015 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain  Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, Liceu Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Josep Pons (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 10.11.2015 (JMI)

 

Cellini
Copyright: A. Bofill

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Wookyung Kim is a Great Success in Frankfurt’s Don Carlo

15/11/201508/11/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Verdi, Don Carlo: Frankfurt Orchestra and Chorus, Pier Giorgio Morandi (conductor), Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 7.11.2015. (JMI)

Don carlo
Frankfurt Opera’s Don Carlo (c) Barbara Aumüller

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Frankfurt Stages a Splendid Revival of Korngold’s Moving Die Tote Stadt

09/11/201507/11/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany Korngold: Die Tote Stadt: Frankfurt Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Björn Huestege (conductor), Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 6.11.2015. (JMI)

State
Frankfurt Opera’s Die Tote Stadt (c) Barbara Aumüller

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A Superb Production of a Glinka Rarity

09/11/201506/11/2015 by José Irurzun

GermanyGermany  Glinka: Ivan Susanin, Frankfurt Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Sebastian Weigle (conductor), Opernhaus, Frankfurt, 5.11.2015 (JMI)

Copyright: Barbara Aumüller
                                    Copyright: Barbara Aumüller

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Julianna Di Giacomo Triumphs in Seville’s Otello

09/11/201505/11/2015 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Verdi: Otello: Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra, Chorus of the Association of Friends of the Teatro de la Maestranza, Pedro Halffter (conductor), Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville, 3.11.2015. (JMI)

Otello
Gregory Kunde as Otello (c) Teatro de la Maestranza

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